At a recent luncheon, a good friend said, "I really like to share dishes," but her order of a dish with a dead animal was the reason we didn't.  The other three of us ordered plant-based dishes.  (Yes, I know that "Dead animal" sounds gross, but what caged animals go through is worse than gross.)  

Then a carnivore friend asked me to forward a message suggesting a lunch with the three of  us and saying that he'd let me choose a place that fit carnivore-him as well as my "dietary needs."  

I decided not to let this slip by, and when I forwarded his email message inviting her, I wrote, "Notice that in spite of his intelligence (which we all find remarkable), he refers to my cause for the environment and animal welfare as my "dietary needs."   

 

Glenda Hope, who was honored by The Community Living Campaign for her decades of activism, once told me that of all the messages she gave as a minister, there was more push-back on the message that we needed to cut out animals and animal products from our diets.

At the event honoring her last night--lovely in every other way--there was nothing plant-based.  Nothing.  

I just looked up the chef, Joanna Karlisnky,  and see that she does a LOT of good.

https://48hills.org/2021/01/chef-joanna-karlinsky-best-of-the-bay-2020-editors-pick/

Obviously, Joanna Karlinsky is doing a lot of good, but it always disappoints me when one progressive focus sabotaging another.  

Robert suggested Zazie, and I enthusiastically agreed because when Mark Miller and I ate there in May 2019, all of their omelets could be made with Just Eggs.  Alas, that wasn't the case now, but fortunately they had one vegan dish--a Mediterranean platter--and it was delicious!  They also had an oat milk mocha, which was a good dessert!  I gave my "compliments to the chef."  The server approached me as I was leaving and said that they had verified that I wasn't confusing restaurants.  They had once offered omelets made with Just Eggs.

 

Enjoy Vegetarian really is vegetarian, after all.  For some reason, instead of using Veganese, they use mayonnaise with eggs on one of their dishes.  But I, the only true vegan among us 7, didn't suffer.  There were plenty of other dishes as you can see from this montage I made of our dinner Saturday, September 13!  The Trader Joe's gift Hilda and Sam, pictured here, gave me paid for almost half of the dinner!

Carol brought up a recent problem that made some avoid meat and dairy, but I can't remember what.

I mentioned that Kaiser recommends a plant-based diet, and some seemed surprised.  

https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/content/dam/kporg/final/documents/health-education-materials/instructions/plant-based-diet-hi-en.pdf

 

 

 

Rad Radish before the All SF Concert at Davies Hall